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Elephant Power | Mindfulness and Kids Yoga - What Is Mindfulness?
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Click here to see our upcoming events. Mindfulness is a technique that gets the practitioner to focus on the moment and stay in the moment. According to Jon Kabat-Zinn, mindfulness is defined as:. A way of paying attention, on purpose, to the present moment, non-judgmentally. Time Magazine, February 3, 2014 p. 44. Alba C., Parent. All photos J Elizabeth Photography. Unless otherwise noted Website by Ceregraphic.
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Elephant Power | Mindfulness and Kids Yoga - Mission
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Click here to see our upcoming events. The mission of Elephant Power is to deepen children’s understanding of the mind/body connection by. Developing awareness in children of their own emotions and empathy for those around them. Improving self-awareness, self-management, and social awareness. Engaging in calm, thoughtful decision-making and maintaining healthy relationships. Enjoying academic success and learning that fits who they are as individuals in a learning community.
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Elephant Power | Mindfulness and Kids Yoga - About
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Click here to see our upcoming events. Candace Glass, BA Early Childhood Education. Registered Yoga Children’s Teacher. Registered Yoga Teacher, 200-hour. Candace has been an educator for 17 years, teaching grades Pre-K 3rd in the private and public sector. Early in her teaching career, she began to understand the connection between the body and the brain and how helping children understand this connection enhances and empowers their learning. In 2012, after moving back to St. Louis from Tucson, AZ, ...
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Elephant Power | Mindfulness and Kids Yoga - Offerings
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Click here to see our upcoming events. Yoga classes for schools are designed according to age and grade. Candace will work with children ages 2-18, with the length of each class and size dependent upon grade level. Yoga classes can be incorporated into the school day or as after school programing. Open level classes can be brought to your place of business. Pregnancy is a time when a vinyasa yoga practice, combined with mindfulness techniques, can be empowering for women. Vinyasa yoga practiced durin...
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Elephant Power | Mindfulness and Kids Yoga - Offerings
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Click here to see our upcoming events. Professional Development for Teachers and Learning for Families. Workshops are designed to fit the needs of your environment. A consultation discussion will determine your needs and goals for the learning. Topics of discussion can be a range of work designed to help understand how to teach mindfully and parent mindfully. Teachers and parents can also benefit, Candace can teach these groups how to develop a personal mindfulness practice. Individually In Your Home.
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Elephant Power | Mindfulness and Kids Yoga - Blog
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Click here to see our upcoming events. Pose of the Month - Vriksasana (Tree Pose). A few months ago, I got together with some children who regularly attend my classes. We chatted about yoga and mindfulness and made a few how-to videos for various poses. The first of these videos is vriksasana or tree pose. Most children love tree pose! I have worked with children as young as 2 years old, who will run up and say, "LOOK what I can do! To do what is being asked? Most likely, not. How do we learn to swim?
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Elephant Power | Mindfulness and Kids Yoga - Why Practice Mindfulness?
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Click here to see our upcoming events. Body Benefits of Mindfulness. Accepting experiences without denying facts. Being calm, resilient, compassionate and empathetic. Brain Benefits of Mindfulness. Improved visual spatial memory, working memory, and concentration. Increased blood flow to create a thickening of the cerebral cortex in areas associated with attention and emotional integration. Reduction in gray matter density which decreases stress and anxiety. School Benefits of Mindfulness. We asked Eleph...
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Elephant Power | Mindfulness and Kids Yoga - Events
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95-Hour Children’s Yoga Certification Program. Elephant Power’s teacher training certification program focuses on teaching the whole child through yoga and mindfulness practices for children and youth, ages 2-17. Certified by Yoga Alliance this training focuses on social-emotional, physical, and mental aspects of a child. Yoga and mindfulness have the ability to help children better understand the connections between their physical body, brain, and nervous system. All photos J Elizabeth Photography.
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Elephant Power | Mindfulness and Kids Yoga - Why Practice Yoga
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Click here to see our upcoming events. Research studies documenting the mind and body benefits of yoga are numerous. Our world has changed and will continue to do so. Children are more likely to spend more hours sitting than playing or creating. Stress, anxiety, and childhood obesity are at an all time high. Yoga provides children the opportunity to slow down and explore movement, breath work, and visualizations. Body Benefits of Yoga. Increases circulation, uptake of oxygen, and functioning hormones.
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